IEA agrees to release record 400 million barrels of oil to address Iran war supply disruption
[ad_1] In an aerial view, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve storage at the Bryan Mound site is seen on October 19, 2022 in Freeport, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images News | Getty Images The International Energy Agency on Wednesday agreed to release 400 million barrels of oil to address the supply disruption triggered by the […]
Powering AI: Europe switches on its first microgrid-connected data center
[ad_1] A CGI image of what the complete microgrid-connected AVK and Pure DC facility will look like in Dublin, Ireland. (Photo: Pure Data Centres Group) (Photo: Pure Data Centres Group) Just outside Ireland’s capital, Dublin, a data center has become the first in Europe to turn to an independent, so-called “islanded,” microgrid to keep its […]
City of Regina warns residents about rising recycling contamination – Regina | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] By Manjot Singh Global News Posted March 10, 2026 7:00 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The City of Regina is urging residents to be more careful with what goes into their recycling carts as contamination rates climb far above the acceptable limit. Officials say items like bagged […]
Saskatchewan to allow killings of rampant elk as last resort, if they get permits | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] By Jeremy Simes The Canadian Press Posted March 10, 2026 4:04 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Saskatchewan’s government says farmers dealing with rampant elk problems can soon kill them off if they get permits. The province says it will provide eight depredation permits next year to producers who have […]
How the Iran war and rising energy prices are threatening semiconductor demand
[ad_1] SK Hynix Inc. 12-layer HBM3E memory chips, front, and a LPDDR5X CAMM2 memory module arranged at the company’s office in Seongnam, South Korea, on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images A prolonged conflict in the Middle East could impact the semiconductor industry’s access to key materials while rising costs […]
Elon Musk’s xAI wants to build a power plant in Mississippi. Regulators plan a key meeting on Election Day
[ad_1] Elon Musk waves to the crowd during the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2026. Denis Balibouse | Reuters With Elon Musk’s xAI planning to build a massive, natural-gas burning power plant in Southaven, Mississippi, the state’s environmental authority has scheduled a board meeting for Tuesday — Election […]
Alberta mountain towns deal with ‘low-grade anxiety’ as wildfire season begins | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] Despite spring snow still dusting parts of Alberta, it’s now officially wildfire season, and with it comes once again the gnawing worry about which community will next be touched by nature’s fickle finger of destruction. But in the Rocky Mountain towns of Canmore and Hinton, they aren’t waiting to find out. Both say they […]
Energy prices will fall when U.S. destroys Iran’s ability to attack tankers in Strait of Hormuz: Wright
[ad_1] U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright pumps gas at a gas station in Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S., February 27, 2026. Sheila Dang | Reuters Energy Secretary Chris Wright said oil and gas prices will begin to fall when the U.S. begins to knock out Iran’s ability to hinder tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, […]
Cambridgeshire fly-tipping costs taxpayers thousands as hotspots revealed
[ad_1] One area of Cambridgeshire saw fly-tips that cost the taxpayer £65,800 in clean-up costs Fly-tipping costs the taxpayer thousands (stock image)(Image: Bolton Council) Cambridgeshire’s fly-tipping hotspots have been revealed by a new map showing the parts of England with the worst rubbish problems. In the year ending March 2025, local authorities in England dealt […]
Amazon’s Bahrain data center targeted by Iran for support of U.S. military, state media says
[ad_1] People walk past the logo of Amazon Web Services (AWS) at its exhibitor stall at the India Mobile Congress 2025 at Yashobhoomi, a convention and expo center in New Delhi, India, October 8, 2025. Anushree Fadnavis | Reuters Amazon‘s data center in Bahrain was targeted by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps for the company’s […]